53°01′28″S73°23′13″E/ 53.024348°S 73.386810°E
Atlas Coveis acoveon the north coast ofHeard Island and McDonald Islandsin the southernIndian Ocean,and is entered between the base of theLaurens PeninsulaandRogers Head.
It was named by American sealers after theschoonerseal huntingfleet which landed at Heard Island in 1855.[1]
The name appears on a chart by theChallenger expeditionunderGeorge Nares,which visited the island inHMSChallengerin 1874 and utilized the names then in use by the sealers.[2]
From 1947 to 1955, Atlas Cove was the site of camps of visiting scientists.[3][4]
In 1969, it was again occupied by American scientists. The settlement was expanded in 1971 by French scientists.
Mapping was updated in 2000.[5]
References
edit- ^Lazar, Estelle; McGowan, Angela (1987)."Guidelines for the conservation of historic ANARE and sealing remains at Atlas Cove, Heard Island: a report to the Antarctic Division, Department of Science".s.n.Retrieved12 April2013.
- ^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atlas Cove
- ^"What Mawson saw in the Antarctic".The Queenslander.3 July 1930. p. 42.Retrieved12 April2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ^Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics. Geophysical Section; Australia. Army. Royal Australian Survey Corps (1950),Sketch map of A.N.A.R.E. station area, Heard Island,Geophysical Section, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics,retrieved12 April2013
- ^"Topographic Survey at Atlas Cove, Heard Island, November 2000".Australian Antarctic Data Centre. 1913.Retrieved12 April2013.
External links
edit- Map of Atlas Cove and the northwestern coast of Heard Island
- Map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features
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